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So here’s my problem. I normally work in FCP with clips from my Panasonic HVX200 P2 camera but I needed to use video from my D90 for a small project.
Not completely understanding the implications, I simply imported the D90 clips and edited them together with text and graphics into an 11 min piece that looks and plays fine from the timeline.
But, when I followed my normal procedure for exporting the sequence (Export to: Quicktime > Current Settings) I got what at first appeared to be a perfectly decent .mov but when I play it through it gets to the 8 min point and then begins to fall totally out of synch with the audio and image skipping and repeating.
At first I had no idea of what the problem could be but then I figured that it had to do with having an incompatible sequence for the clips I was importing.
So, my question is, can anyone tell me the steps I can use to create a new project that’s ideal for the D90 clips I’m importing?
(Or, are there any other ideas for what this problem is?)
Thanks for your help with this,
Chris
Here are the relevant stats:
My system:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
FCP 6.06
Sequence Settings:
Compressor: DVCPro HD 1080p30
Frame Size: 1280 x 1080
Vid Rate: 29.97 fps
Aud Rate: 48.0 Khz
32-bit Floating Point
Audio: 2 outputs
D90 Clip Settings
Compressor: Apple OpenDML JPEG
Frame Size: 1280 x 720
Vid Rate: 24 fps
Aud Rate: 11025Hz
16-bit Floating Point
Audio: mono

Hmmm not sure if its the same thing but I have re cut some videos before that was already exported and compressed into a h.264 file. I brought it back in FCP to re cut some stuff.

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